1 Maccabees 2:62

I'm currently reading 1 Maccabees and it's all about the battles of the Jewish people against the kings and other nations at that time. I'm already at the last chapter of this book. Most of the verses are about the fights, or the interactions with leaders and about the armies, but there's one particular verse that I like the most because I can apply it to the situation today.

"do not fear the words of the sinner, 

for his splendor will turn into dung and worms"

For me, it means that I should not be worried about what the bad people say or do because it will all end into nothing. Google explained it more beautifully:

This reminds me of what I tweeted years ago about being on the winning team. All the things that those bad powerful people are doing to control and have power over the masses, will be for naught coz in the end they will lose. The final battle was described in the book of Revelation and everyone knows who will win. The verses in chapter 13:16-17

"Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name."

(I don't understand most of the verses before these two, describing the beasts, but I understand the two verses coz it is like what happened in covid when they required vaccine passes to even buy anything or enter any establishment.) Covid was their practice run, someday it would be the real thing. Maybe 10 years, 50 or hundred or thousand years from now, I don't know. All I know is that I want to live my life following Jesus' example and words.

Another Bible Verses that I love: Psalms 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, 

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, 

but the way of the wicked will perish.

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There are many negative things that I hear and see every day in social media. There are many posts that show how evil some people are. I don't want to amplify those things so I don't repost them. I want to focus on the positive things, on things that I want to see more of. I want my blog to be a place where I can recharge myself or reset to be a more positive version of me. And one of the ways I can do that, is to write more about the bible verses and that's what I'm going to do in my next blog posts. :)

Philippians 4:6-8

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Why Catholics Cannot be Freemasons

There was a filipino priest who blessed a masonic marker. It was obvious that it was a freemasonic symbol and the words "masonic lodge" was also written above it, but the priest still blessed the marker. The organization where he was from issued an official statement, you can read it here.

I am currently reading the book about freemasons and so, I want to talk about it here.

Why you cannot be a freemason and at the same time a Catholic?

To put it simply, it is because what the Freemasons believe is irreconcilable with what we believe as Catholics. Freemasons believe that any god of any religion is true. How can you believe that and still think that you are a Catholic. As a Catholic, I believe that there is only one true God and that is the Holy Trinity, therefore I don't worship other gods and I don't believe that other religions are right. 

Below is an excerpt from the book of John Salza. 

To better understand the reasons why catholics can't be mason, buy the book of John Salza - there is one review there by a person who claims to be a catholic and a freemason and he gave a low rating for the book. It just shows how ignorant some catholics are. I really recommend that you read the book so you won't be fooled into thinking that freemasonry is not a religion and if you're a priest, that you will learn even the basic symbol and info on why you shouldn't bless anything freemasonic.